What is Skills2Care? And How Can It Help Someone With Dementia?

An occupational therapist with the right skills can help families caring for someone with dementia. Kim will speak to Lizette Cloete, an occupational therapist about a program called Skills2Care. A few questions Kim will be asking are: 1. How can an occupational therapist help someone with dementia? 2. What is Skills2Care and who will benefit from this program? 3. Where can I find an occupational therapist trained in Skills2Care? 4. How is this different from other treatments/strategies? 5. Why should we be looking for a Skills2Care Certified Occupational therapist? Bio: “Think Different” Dementia’s owner, Lizette Cloete, OTR/L CADDCT, CDP graduated as an Occupational Therapist from the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 1992. She and her husband emigrated to the USA in 1993, and currently reside in South Carolina. They have 2 daughters and one son-in-love, 2 cats, one dog, and 9 chickens. She is the only Occupational Therapist in South Carolina to be certified in Skills2Care, an evidence-based, and care-partner-driven methodology specifically designed to evaluate how a person with dementia, their care-partner, and their environment interact. It has been shown to decrease the intensity and frequency of challenging behaviors by using a problem-solving-based approach and decrease care partner burnout and improves the outcomes of residents with dementia. She just obtained her Certified Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Trainer certification in September. ______________________________________________________________________ Contact Kim Hegwood- Elder Law Attorney Website: https://hegwoodgroup.com Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/HegwoodLaw LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/hegwoodlaw/ YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ZaoTAWChvaz-HEFQcdcbQ